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Glowing eyes are a bugaboo of mine: thermodynamics says that photo receptors must be black for maximum sensitivity. (The greenish glow of some animal eyes is not, in fact, a glow, but a reflection. The reflective layer is behind the rod and cone cells, giving incoming photons a second chance to be collected.)

They’re also supposed to be the genies most interested in humans, and the ones most likely to grant wishes, and to be associated with totems like bottles, rings, lamps, etc. The often get confused with ifrits, which are more like the Western demons, and are supposed to be the ones that Suleiman sealed away.

If you remember from way back, (Comic 8 I think), when Neil was reading the ‘Genie Help Book’. He indicated that there were multiple types of Genies.

Those Genies types are also broken down into Sub-classes.

For example, most ‘traditional’ genies you see in the comic are Si’lat genies (Though they aren’t centaurs, we’re ignoring that part). Then you have the sub-classes, (Eg Bottle Genies).

Latab is more of a elemental type (Jann) Genie. Weaker and considered by many Genies to be a lesser class. Therefore Latab pretends to be a older Si’lat Genie (old equals wiser to many) so she will be listen to and have the respect of the rest of the harem as well as other genies.

if you go to EmperorNortonII’s DA Gallery page, type in Si’lats, you’ll see for yourself. as for Lahab, she will get along with the genies in EmperorNortonII’s gallery, because all the genies treat each other with love and kindness.

But in her other (older?) form she does have a belly button.
And I will also pose the question – while the fiery form is her “natural” form, is it her “original” form? There is a little bit of a distinction there.

I did a google search and I came up with that a Jenn is made up of four elements and are generally weaker than the other Genie and the other Genie kind of look down on them. They generally don’t either like or trust humans either. Then there are also half Jenn which appear to be half human. That all that I can find on this matter.

C.D. may have done some actual research into Jinn lore for this one. And does anyone else see a resemblance between this and the tea-and-scone tete-a-tete Pandora and Heka had last year in El Goonish Shive?

“That could have implications for Jean.”
Not necessarily, a blonde female could be her new natural form, which is why early in the comic she was unable, try as she might, to change back into a guy. (https://jeaniebottle.com/?comic=06222009)

Yelp, that Jean or should I say Jeannie new core being now. But, now she has to get use it. Which is going to take some time for it to happen. Kazom also told Jeannie that that is in fact her new Core Being from here on out, forever. He also told her, that after some experience that she could do some cosmetic alteration to herself if she like, but, it take a lot of energy to do that and it still doesn’t change her Core Being, because, it has already been fix forever as a Genie, which will never change.

Kazom: “I’m curious, Lahab, why did they feel it necessary to keep me out of the library?”
Lahab: “The library? I have no idea what you’re referring to, dear.”
Kazom: “You know, the magical barrier.”
Lahab: “Barrier?… No one put up any barrier.”

It’s interesting to see Lahab’s transformation for Kazom. I enjoyed the creative development in her character’s appearance, and Kazom’s acceptance of who she really is. This digital art shows a really beautiful expression of change in her character. I can’t wait to see more of Lehab and Kazom’s interactions in the future!

Don’t forget that Kazom is over 3000 years old or more, that when he stop counting how old he was. So he could be much older than that even. So Lehab could have been just when Kazom was still running around in his human form as Genie Lord even back then, so Kazom would know who she is and so she doesn’t need to hide who she is around him. There is no guarantee that even Haji would know that she a Jann Genie even. As far as all the other Genie they probably don’t know either, with the possible exception of the Blue Dijj Genie.

Concealing something like that from others is one thing… but concealing it from Haji himself seems very unlikely to me. There is no motive to hide it assuming it’s even possible to hide ones genie nature from the lord of all genies.